Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-06-17
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Solomon 5 Mines.
CHAPTER XIV.
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hau>t..d by exertion and loss nj biood, ana
indeed. my own condition was HUE better.
am yer. wiry. and can stand more fatigue
tI,au most men probably on account oil my
ti,ht weight and long training; but that night
I'm, fairly done up and as is always TIE case
with me VIII II cxua.i>led. that OF "oHhd
.hg lion gave me began to pain iIe. Al.o my
head was aching violently from the blow l
had received In the morning, when was
knocked Senseless.
Somehow with the assistance Of the beat
tful Foulata, who since we had been the
means OF saving her life, had constituted
herself our handmaidcn, and especially
Goods we managed To get oil the cham
shirts which lad certainly saved the lives oil
two OF US that day when we found thai the
flesh underneath was terribly bruised. tor
though the steel links had prevented TIE
weapons from entering, they had h0t pre-
vented them from bruising. Both Sir lien
~ and Good were a mass OF bruises, ana
was by no means free. As a remedy Fot'a-
Ia brought us some pounded green leaves,
with an aromatic odor. which. when applied
as plaster gave IT'S considerable fellet.
But though the bruises were painful. the'
did not give US such an anxiety as Sir Hen
rvs and Goods wounds. Good had hole
right through the iIrs!y part Of his ''beallll-
fuI white leg" from which he had lost
great deal Of bl0Ud; and Sir Henry bad
deep cut over the Jaw inflicted by TWalas
battlc-ax. Luckily GnOi was very decent
SURGEON, and as soon AZ his small box 81
medicine WAS forthcoming. he, having
thoroughly ccanscd the wounds managed
to stitch up first Sir licnry's and then his
own pretty satisfactorily, considering the
imperfect light given by the primitive kuku-
ana lamp in the hut. Aficrward he plent-
fully Snearcd w Hds with some anti
septic ointment, of which there was pot IN
the little box, and we covered them with the
remains of pOckct-haudkcrchief which We
possessed.
Meanwhile Foulati had prepared uS some
strong broth, for we were too weary to eat.
This we swallowed and then threw our
selves down on the piles of magnificent ka-
iosscs, OF turrugs, which We're scattered
about tlse dead kings hut By a very strange
instance of the irony of fate, it was IN Iva
has own couch, and wrapped in Iwlla's
own particular karo,s, that Sir Henry, the
man who had slain Inn, slept that night.
About eight oclork next morning we mad
Il visit from Iufldous. who seemed bnt little
the worse tough old warrior that he was
for his cxcrions on the previous day, though
he informed us he had been up al night.
lie was delighted To see us, though much
grcycd at Gunds condition, and shook
hands cordially: but | noticed that lac adj
dressed Sir Henry with a Kind of reverence,
as though ne were something more than
man. and indeed aS we uttrrwIrt found
ont. the great Euslishmlu was looked upon
throughout kuhuuuIlnud u~ Il supernatural
beng No man. the soldiers said, could
harc fought Is he fought, or could, ri the
end Of day of such toll and bioOdshcd,
have SLAIN fWalI. Who. IN addition To bciu.s
the king was supposed 10 b. the strongest
warrior in Newfoundland, IN single combat,
steering through his bull neck at a stroke.
Indeed that stroke became proycrbal in
kukm}nalaud and any extraordinary blow
on ielt Of strength was thenccforth known
us "Iucubu's blow"
lnfadons told us also that all Twala'S re
rimrnts Ind submitted to lgmosi and that
like submissions were beginning To arrive
from chiefs IN the comtrl. TwaIa'S death
at the hands Of Sir Henry had put IN end
Ia All further chance OF disturbance: for
Scagpt nal hneu his ouly SON and there
was uor,y,! c.aimtnt lett a,ivr.
Attrru aIfI in the courS of the morning.
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the roy 81 dtidcm was now bound. As con
tcmplltcI him advancing with liugll dyni-
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